Hall helps East beat West, 41-20

Rian Hall helped the East put up the most points by one team in the Toyota East-West Football Game history as the East defeated the West 41-20.

by Robert Holder

Rian Hall helped the East put up the most points by one team in the Toyota East-West Football Game history as the East defeated the West 41-20.

Hall caught two passes in the first drive for the East from Signal Mountain quarterback Reese Phillips in the second drive of the game.

Hall brought down a pass on 2nd-and-7 for 10 yards from the East 29 and moved the ball to the West’s 5-yard line on a 6-yard catch later in the drive.

One play later, running back Cortez McCathern from Mt. Juliet went in for the first East score of the day.

Hall, who played quarterback for the Oak Ridge Wildcats this season, played receiver for the East. He played receiver for Oak Ridge the last two seasons.

Hall was fourth on the East with two catches for 16 yards.

After the West scored the initial touchdown on a 47-yard pass from Max Staver to Dre Hall, the East rattled off 27 straight points before halftime to win in the sixth game between some of the best high school players in the state.

The game was held at Tennessee Tech’s Tucker Stadium in Cookeville for the first time. Tucker Stadium has been home to the TSSAA BlueCross Bowl Championships the last four years.